Male population — all countries

Male population — Zambia

Male population in Zambia in 2025 — 10,848,179 people. Ranked 60 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 594.1%.

2025 10.85M people +2.82% vs 2024
World rank 60of 217
Period maximum 10.85M people2025
Period minimum 1.56M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Zambia, 1960–202505M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,562,964 people1962: 1,663,349 people1964: 1,770,739 people1966: 1,885,945 people1968: 2,010,360 people1970: 2,133,009 people1972: 2,246,331 people1974: 2,372,769 people1976: 2,513,174 people1978: 2,663,664 people1980: 2,822,269 people1982: 3,003,706 people1984: 3,199,057 people1986: 3,394,334 people1988: 3,587,396 people1990: 3,772,802 people1992: 3,954,867 people1994: 4,140,908 people1996: 4,342,905 people1998: 4,575,729 people2000: 4,842,281 people2002: 5,165,132 people2004: 5,518,447 people2006: 5,927,677 people2008: 6,390,587 people2010: 6,876,767 people2012: 7,355,209 people2014: 7,848,900 people2016: 8,360,674 people2018: 8,892,364 people2020: 9,433,237 people2022: 9,973,857 people2024: 10,550,240 people2025: 10,848,179 people
Change over the period: +9.29M (+594.08%) Average annual rate: 3.03 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zambia

Zambia 10.85M people
World 4.13B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 659M people
Eastern Africa computed 254M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.66B people
Male population — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 10.85M +297,939 +2.82%
2024 10.55M +293,992 +2.87%
2023 10.26M +282,391 +2.83%
2022 9.97M +271,015 +2.79%
2021 9.7M +269,605 +2.86%
2020 9.43M +271,233 +2.96%
2019 9.16M +269,640 +3.03%
2018 8.89M +266,633 +3.09%
2017 8.63M +265,057 +3.17%
2016 8.36M +258,938 +3.2%
2015 8.1M +252,836 +3.22%
2014 7.85M +249,675 +3.29%
2013 7.6M +244,016 +3.32%
2012 7.36M +239,348 +3.36%
2011 7.12M +239,094 +3.48%
2010 6.88M +243,769 +3.68%
2009 6.63M +242,411 +3.79%
2008 6.39M +236,780 +3.85%
2007 6.15M +226,130 +3.81%
2006 5.93M +212,919 +3.73%
2005 5.71M +196,311 +3.56%
2004 5.52M +181,696 +3.4%
2003 5.34M +171,619 +3.32%
2002 5.17M +165,518 +3.31%
2001 5M +157,333 +3.25%
2000 4.84M +139,248 +2.96%
1999 4.7M +127,304 +2.78%
1998 4.58M +120,085 +2.7%
1997 4.46M +112,739 +2.6%
1996 4.34M +103,625 +2.44%
1995 4.24M +98,372 +2.38%
1994 4.14M +94,318 +2.33%
1993 4.05M +91,723 +2.32%
1992 3.95M +90,814 +2.35%
1991 3.86M +91,251 +2.42%
1990 3.77M +92,322 +2.51%
1989 3.68M +93,084 +2.59%
1988 3.59M +94,893 +2.72%
1987 3.49M +98,169 +2.89%
1986 3.39M +99,000 +3%
1985 3.3M +96,277 +3.01%
1984 3.2M +96,356 +3.11%
1983 3.1M +98,995 +3.3%
1982 3M +95,178 +3.27%
1981 2.91M +86,259 +3.06%
1980 2.82M +80,638 +2.94%
1979 2.74M +77,967 +2.93%
1978 2.66M +76,291 +2.95%
1977 2.59M +74,199 +2.95%
1976 2.51M +71,802 +2.94%
1975 2.44M +68,603 +2.89%
1974 2.37M +64,927 +2.81%
1973 2.31M +61,511 +2.74%
1972 2.25M +58,151 +2.66%
1971 2.19M +55,171 +2.59%
1970 2.13M +58,598 +2.82%
1969 2.07M +64,051 +3.19%
1968 2.01M +63,410 +3.26%
1967 1.95M +61,005 +3.23%
1966 1.89M +58,840 +3.22%
1965 1.83M +56,366 +3.18%
1964 1.77M +54,450 +3.17%
1963 1.72M +52,940 +3.18%
1962 1.66M +51,088 +3.17%
1961 1.61M +49,297 +3.15%
1960 1.56M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.